This one is based on the fact that the so-called “Grand Grimoire” exists, and it does. It is a book, also called “The Red Dragon,” and the “Gospel of Satan.” The book is real because the Roman Catholic Church officially claims ownership of it, but has never let the public glimpse it. It is fact that it was discovered in Jerusalem in 1750, in the tomb of Solomon, written in either Biblical Hebrew or Aramaic. The manuscript has not been dated to an earlier time than this, or else the Church has not said, but the book itself is inscribed with the date of 1522 AD. Theorists claims it was copied in that year from a manuscript written in the 1200s AD or earlier.
The earliest known proof of it comes from the writings of one Honorius of Thebes, whose existence has not been undeniably proven. He may have been Pope Honorius III (1148-1227). Honorius of Thebes is believed to have written something now referred to as the “Sworn Book of Honorius,” from which the Grand Grimoire was derived, or which is, in fact, the Grand Grimoire itself.
The theory claims that Honorius was either Satan himself, or possessed by Satan for the purpose of writing the book. It contains instructions on summoning Satan at any time, at any place on Earth, for various insidious intentions. The word “grimoire” denotes a textbook of magic. Any kind of magic, whether good or bad. A great deal of so-called copies are in circulation around the world, but none of these, the conspiracy theory claims, contains the true words of the actual Grimoire. It is very popular in the voodoo culture of Haiti, and practitioners there claim to use the book all the time, like a cookbook for spells and hexes.
Theorists claims the Grand Grimoire is itself supernatural in that it permanently resists burning, cannot be cut, pierced, penetrated, torn, or in any other way damaged or destroyed. It is the only book with the knowledge of how to summon Satan (all others being fakes that don’t work), with a precise ritual to be performed, and in addition to this, it can summon any number of named demons (Pazuzu, from “The Exorcist” among them). Being written by Satan, it details proofs of various supernatural miracles of the Bible, the precise locations of biblical relics, and even contains Satan’s personal sketches of the faces of Judas Iscariot and Jesus Christ. Because it is in the Catholic Church’s possession, the theory goes on to claim that every Pope starts out a human, and then becomes possessed by Satan once he is elected.
The 1989 film “Warlock,” starring Julian Sands as the prospective Antichrist, uses the Grimoire as a major plot device, and goes even further, claiming that the Grimoire contains the secret name of God, which, when uttered backward, will annihilate the Universe. This lister paused the film and inched it forward at the climax to read the secret name, and it is “Roaisha.” Help yourselves. Think it just couldn’t possibly get any better? Well, this last quality of the Grimoire was most likely invented by David Twohy, who wrote the story for the film. But conspiracy theorists have championed the idea ever since, claiming that everything in this entry is based on provable facts, and that these facts are in the Grand Grimoire itself.
So where is the Grimoire? You guessed it – in the Vatican Secret Archives.
Aka Le Dragon Rouge, the source of the stylized Zoso sigil
JRR Book Works Custom Display Case / Stand / Holder for Letter of Provenance for my Personal copy of Le Dragon Rouge.
I purchased The notorious Grand Grimoire aka Le Dragon Rouge from Raymond Buckland, who’s had it in his library since 1968. However the end papers were cracking and the binding was in need of repair.
People know this book as the Source for how the Zoso Sigil was stylized. (Yes the sigil goes back further to the Alchemical writings of Artephius via Cardano’s Le Rerum Varietate…)
This is the kind of work you get from someone who does not want to mess with the most notorious books of Black Magic that houses the Zoso Sigil.
On September 27th 2017 the world lost a great teacher of Gardnerian Wicca.
[Top Pic] Raymond Buckland
[From Wiki] Raymond Buckland (31 August 1934 – 27 September 2017), whose craft name was Robat, was an English writer on the subject of Wicca and the occult, and a significant figure in the history of Wicca, of which he was a high priest in both the Gardnerian and Seax-Wica traditions.
According to his written works, primarily Witchcraft from the Inside, published in 1971, he was the first person in the United States to openly admit to being a practitioner of Wicca, and he introduced the lineage of Gardnerian Wicca to the United States in 1964, after having been initiated by Gerald Gardner’s then-high priestess Monique Wilson in Britain the previous year. He later formed his own tradition dubbed Seax-Wica which focuses on the symbolism of Anglo-Saxon paganism.
In 2014 I was in the market for an antiquarian original edition of Le Dragon Rouge, aka The Grand Grimoire and more importantly the source of the Stylized sigil “ZoSo”. I was notified of an auction of an original copy of Le Dragon Rouge. Upon further reading, the auction indicated that the book was from the personal library of Raymond Buckland.
When I finally got the most notorious book of Black Magick (the source of Jimmy Page’s ZoSo Sigil) due to its small size and age (early 1800′s), I felt like it needed a proper display stand and protection case. I commissioned JRR Bookworks to complete minor restoration work to the book and design a protection and display case. JRR’s original design came to Joe Rose (Owner) in a dream after a few nights of book being in his home office.
Joe knew how important it was to not only have protection case for the book but also a compartment to hold Raymond’s Hand Signed letter. Joe hand crafted this a compartment that included hand marbled paper that lined a back velvet side pocket where Raymond Buckland’s Letter of Authentication resides today.
At the time of the sale of his personal copy of Le Dragon Rouge, Raymond was in the process of repurchasing and acquiring artifacts of the Buckland museum of Witchcraft. Read more about the history of the museum here
I feel very blessed to have now been passed his copy of the notorious Grimoire and pleased he approved of the custom protection case I commission for it.
Rest in Love and Light Raymond Buckland,
TheEyeOfZoro
Below was the email exchange I was honored to have had with him.
From: “TheEyeOfZoro” <theeyeofzoro@yahoo.com> Date: Wed, March 19, 2014 6:38 pm To: “raymond@raybuckland.com” <raymond@raybuckland.com> Subject: Le Dragon Rouge
Dear Mr. Buckland,
I just purchased a first edition copy of Le Dragon Rouge from your auction.
The auction description claims this is from your library and an authentication of this can be obtained if requested.
I am hoping this is true and that you would be so kind to authenticate the book.
With great admiration and respect,
TheEyeOfZoro
On Mar 20, 2014, at 6:33 AM, raymond@raybuckland.com wrote:
Yes, Zoro, this is true. I’ll be happy to put in a letter of authenticity. I’ve had the book since about 1968, it’s in extremely good condition. I hate to part with it but I’m almost 80 and it needs to do something more than just sit on my shelf. I hope you get a lot of pleasure out of it.
With bright blessings,
Ray-B
After the restoration and custom case was built I sent Raymond pictures of how the books new home looked and this was his responce.
From: raymond@raybuckland.com Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 2:12 PM To: TheEyeOfZoro Subject: Re: Le Dragon Rouge
Thank you so much for sharing that, Zoro. He has done a wonderful job, both with the
restoration and with the display. Beautiful! Hopefully you now have many
more years of enjoyment ahead. Brightest of blessings, in love and light.
Signes et Caracteres des Espirits, “Le Dragon Rouge” (Le Grand Grimoire), 1522.
The Grand Grimoire is a black magic grimoire. Different editions date the book to 1521, 1522 or 1421, but it was probably written in the early 19th century. It was authored by someone named Antonia Venitiana del Rabina who supposedly gathered this information from original writings of King Solomon. Also known as “The Red Dragon”, this book contains instructions purported to summon Lucifer or Lucifuge Rofocale, for the purpose of forming a Deal with the Devil. The book is called “Le Veritable Dragon Rouge” (“The True Red Dragon”) in Haiti, where it is revered among many practitioners of Voodoo. It is claimed they were placed under King Solomon’s throne by the Devil to tempt him. The work is divided into two books. The first book contains instructions for summoning a Demon and for the construction of tools with which to force the Demon to do ones bidding. The second book is further divided into two parts: the Sanctum Regnum and Secrets, de L’Art Magique du Grand Grimoire (“Secrets, of the magic art of the Grand Grimoire”). The Sactum Regnum contain instructions for making a pact with the Demon, allowing one to command the Spirit without the tools required in book one, but at greater risk. “Secrets” contains simpler Spells and Rituals one can employ after having performed the Ritual in the first book. Some editions contain a short text between these two parts, Le Secret Magique, où le Grand Art de pouvoir parler aux Morts (“The Magic Secret, or the Grand Art of being able to speaking with the Dead”), dealing with Necromancy.
Occult Aspects 